The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-01-22

For this season of the year wraps and
coverings for wear IN the streets are decid-
| eddy the most interesting garments. They
are seen in a singularly large assortment of
shapes, materials, and trimming. The va
riety Of sealskin garments shown is much
| greater than in previous Years, and one
change is noted that is decidedly n benefit,
the elimination of the conventional sacque.
Garments of sealskin are made either
! snorter or longer than this unshapely form.
and they are made to fit the figure as closely
and accurately as any of the street jackets
and wraps made from cloth or plush.
! A very jaunty style of garment, made
from sealskin, is the short Jacket. This
+! just comes to the waist, having scarcely any
| length III front. and being cut into two
short basques over the hips.
| Alutfs, which we're somewhat neglected
last year, are making up for that disregard
| by their immense popularity this season.
/ he bunglng mountains of FUR which the
women of few years ago carried are gone.
! Their place is supplied by the nattiest little
eontrivances of plush or fur imaginable.
If lady wishes 10 make her toilet COM
pletely PEsquimau, she must wind three
or four feet Of fur boa around her neck,
and across her shoulders, the ends hanging
/ down over the front of her person.
\ costume in striped wooden goods re-
/ Gently noticed. was made with such an
apron, very plain, and entirely without
/ galnishment. It fell in front nearly to the
| edge Of the dress skirt, and such OF the
underskit rs could be seen was of plain
velvet. This costume, considering the
bent OF the fashionable mind at present,
was remarkable for its extreme simplicity;
| for, as ! said before, no trimming appears
upon any part of it. The back drapery was
bouffant over the hips, from which point it
fell in natural folds TO the bottom of the
skirt.
Ladies are now considered as well able
TO take part IN and endure the hardships of
masculine outdoor sports as the men them
| selves, and therefore special costumes
have TO be devised for wear on these occa-
sions
For snOwshoeing, long wooden cloaks,
| somewhat like toboggan dresses, and fitting
| loosely to the form, are worn. Some ladies
| have chosen to wear richer fabrics than
these coarse, rough WOODEN goods, attiling
| themselves in cloaks of boucle, lambs
wool, and Astrakhan, but these fabrics are
decidedly too good for the purpose. One
| cannot enjoy oneself when ones cloak is
| being draggled and spoiled in a snowdrift;
consequently it is better to wear something
incapable of being injured by rough usage
The style IN which lady wears a New
market or long cloak of that kind seems to
! depend entirely upon her tournure, and the
| size of the tonrnures worn beneath these
garments is as great as any OF those seen a
| few months back. when the rage for large
| bustles first invaded America. The per
| lection with which these Neumarkets fit is
simply marvellous. Although they are thick
outside wraps, with heavy cloth dress be-
meath them, they actually reveal the form
of the wearer with greater precision than
would the dress itself, on account of their
being absolutely untrimmed.
An extremely pretty dress for miss Of
| fifteen, intended for wear indoors, has the
waist in blouse form. 1t is of light brown
serge, and has wide vest of surah, start.
ing from the neck (the latter being without
| a close collar and running half way the
length of the blouse. Very wide revers of
the goods are placed on each side of the
| vest. and below it the front is shirred for a
little way, after which the natural folds
caused by the shirring are gathered in at
the waist by wide belt. Such waist has
n decidedly nafty appearance, and is Just
the thing for wear at home, when there is
no necessity for attiring ones self in an
! elaborate costume.
The variety of evening STYLES and fabrics
was never greater than now. Young la
| ulSe are very iona OF wearing the pretty
! diaphanous toilets of silk, gauze or tulle,
and surah, which our modistes produce to
such perfection. To get dress to look
airy and graceful is an art. and it is one
which has been conquered by many fash
| ionable dress makers.
The extent 10 which lady may cut out
her bodice at the upper edge varies accord
I ing to the respective tastes of the ladies,
and their shapelipess, At the same time,
( the really deeofiete bodices seen are few
and far between, and modesty dictates the
| shape OF the bodice quite as much as
fashion.
| Speaking of clothing for the younger
generation ! must mention really charm
ing little dress for child of five or six
years. II is made from rough wooden
material. The round jacket opens in front
over puffedvest of surab-a form in which
/ very many dresses for children ale now
| made-and on either side of it wide velvet
! reyers are '.ineed, Teaching the shoulders:
collar and cuffs, besides buttoned belt
ut the waist. are all OF velvet. while soft
frillS ot lace finish neck and wrists The
shirt j. quilted and Is left without TRIM
lnia-.